Wheelbarrow.



1. P'. BEM. WHEELBARROW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1914.

; Patented July 13, 1915.

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JOSEPH P; BElVI, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

WHEELBARROW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed November 25, 1914. Serial no." 873,913.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, J OSEPH P. BEM, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Berke- -'L Y, in e, county ofAlameda and State {of California, have invented new and useful is a perspective view of my improved wheelbarrow.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the body of the wheel-barrow, to the under side of which is secured a V-shaped bar 2, between the members of which, near its bend, extends a shaft 3' supported on a wheel 4.

- To said members beneath the body of the wheel-barrow are secured angular bars 5 forming legs for the wheel-barrow. Said members extend beyond the rear end ofthe wheel-barrow, and on the extended portion 6 of each member a bracket or casting 7 is secured by a rivet 8 through said portion 6 and a rivet 9 through the rear end of the wheel-barrow. The upper portions of said brackets are formed with bearings 10, open at the inner side, in which are contained the front portions of handles 11, the front ends of said handles being pivoted in said bearings by pivot pins 12 through said handles. The handles can swing out from said bearings through their open sides upon said pivot pins and into a position extending across the rear end of the wheel-barrow and inclined slightly downward, as shown in dotted lines. To secure the handles in their operative position in which they can be used for fwheeling the wheel-barrow, there are provided tapered pins 13,.to the heads of which are connected chains 14:, which are also connected to the wheel-barrow, said tapered pins passing through upper and lower holes 15, 16 in said brackets.

In use the empty wheel-barrow is wheeled to a position close to the face of the mine or other excavation, the pins 13 are then removed from the holes 15, 16, and the handles drop into their transverse position or can easily be moved into said position by the application of a slight amount of force. When the handles are-in this position, .ex-

tending transversely across the wheel-,barrow, they offer no obstruction to the shoveling into the wheel-barrow of ore or dirt from a pile on the ground which has been picked down from the face of the mine. Sometimes it is sufiicient to permit one of said handles to extend transversely of the wheel-barrow. In working in trenches or in excavations for concrete work, the present construction also enables the operator to place the wheel-barrow closeto the "work.

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The construction is also advantageous for carrying the wheel-barrow in an elevator car or down a shaft or for storing the'same.

It will be observed that there is no strain upon the hinge pin, all the strain being taken up by the supporting hearing.

I claim i 1. In a wheel barrow, the combination of a body, brackets rigid therewith and extending therefrom and formed with bearings for the handles, and pivot pins through the front ends of said bearings and handles, the bearings being open on their inner sides to permit the handles to swing-out of and into the bearings.

2. In a wheel barrow, the combination of v a body, brackets rigid therewith and extending therefrom and formed with bearings for the handles, and pivot pins through the front. ends of said bearings and handles and inclined slightly inward upwardly, the bearings being open on their inner sides to permit the handles to .swing out of and into the bearings. i i

3. In a wheelbarrow,-the combination of a body, brackets rigid therewith and extending therefrom and formed with bearings for the handles, pivot pins through the front ends of said bearings and handles, taper pins securing said handles in their rearwardly extending positions in said bearings, the bearings being open on their inner sides to permit the handles to swing out of and into the bearings 4. In a wheel-barrow, the combination of a body, bars upon which the same is supported and extending past 'its 'rear end, brackets secured to said extended portions of the bars and also to the body and formed with bearings, handles in saidbearings pivo'ted upon approximately vertical pivots, sald bearings permitting the handles to swing into a position transverse of the wheel-barrow.

. oted npon 10 Wheel-barrow and tapered pins securing said handles in their rearwardly extending positions in said bearings.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,

JOSEPH P. BEM.

Witnesses:

F. M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS. 

